The Dancing Line was one of the ten commissioned designs by ten international leaders in this field. This was a project commissioned by the Formica Corporation as part of a group exhibit at Contemporary Arts Centre in Cincinnati, Ohio. All the pieces were eventually auctioned for the benefit of education and exhibition programming at the CAC. The requirement for the seating element was that the piece had to be fabricated using a Formica product. The white plastic laminate was used by SOM as this was the most recognizable product. SOM wanted to show the true nature of the product and hence by cladding only the top and bottom surfaces of the lounger, it left the core substrate made out of plywood exposed. The result was that the Formica lounger design fully expressed the plastic capabilities of the Formica material. The Dancing Line Chaise won the Spark Awards 2008: Furniture & Outdoor, Residential Category, Silver Award and Design Excellence Award 2008 from American Society of Interior Designers.

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